Perseverance breaks the off-world driving record

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's ten-thirty Eastern, this is Late Night BBN, and tonight NASA's Perseverance rover took the off-world driving record from Opportunity.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt hit twenty-eight point one zero miles. The old record was twenty-eight point zero six.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is four hundredths of a mile. On Earth we call that a parking job.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOpportunity needed nearly fifteen years. Perseverance did it in about five and a half.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a record-setting turnaround, and I'd call it a landmark efficiency milestone.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMore than ninety percent of those miles were driven by its AutoNav self-driving system, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNinety percent?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA driverless vehicle with a record. On Earth, that one ends in a lawsuit.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNASA's Mark Maimone said, quote, Perseverance is a better driver than the one that landed, and we're not done.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd call that a personnel update with a growth forecast.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMr. Maimone is not done. The rover has driven alone, and the press office has taken the credit.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSix hundred thousand measurement points every look. I can't read a menu that fast.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTime for a desk bit. We call it Top Three Things You Can Park Within Four Hundredths of a Mile.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNumber three: a Mars rover, apparently. Number two: the same rover, once it reviews its own footage.